Poor William's Almanack, May 18, 2009, Sweet Dreams

Ben Franklin's bifocals Monday, May 18, 2009

[1798 - Benjamin Stoddert appointed first Secretary of the Navy]

[1897 - Frank Capra, Academy Award-winning
director, born in Bisacquino, Sicily]

[1902 - Meredith Willson (Reiniger), composer,
born in Mason City, Iowa]

Margot Fonteyn with Rudy Nureyev
[1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancer, born in Reigate, Surrey, England]

[1920 - Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), 264th Roman Catholic Pope,
born in Wadowice, Poland]

[1922 - Kai Winding, jazz musician,
(trombone), born in Aarhus, Denmark]

WW II Civil Defense Blackout Notice
[1942 - New York City suspends night baseball games until end of WW II]

[1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, political
leader, dies in Daytona Beach, Florida]

Sweet Dreams

day dreaming of flight

A humble woman may yet have divers great dreams.
A woman who holds herself too high, a nightmare lives it seems.

William's Whimsical Words:

Choose your dreams with care.

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